After Jiraiya returned, he discovered that Ryou was the same kind of person as him; the moves Ryou used to deal with him were the same moves that could be used against Ryou.
So, Jiraiya used his experience as an adult novelist combined with the frog calls of Mount Myōboku to develop a genjutsu specifically targeting Ryou.
Icha Icha Paradise—unlike Ryou's Paradise of Bliss, which lacked substance and went straight to stripping.
Icha Icha Paradise has a story and character development.
First, it establishes their identities, personalities, and lifestyles, then uses suggestive glances and physical contact... to make you burn step by step.
Then comes a certain accident, being unable to help oneself, half-willing and half-reluctant...
It's like playing some kind of galgame.
This was all based on Jiraiya's experience traveling the Shinobi World, visiting brothels, and reading adult books from street stalls.
Ryou was instantly controlled by Jiraiya's genjutsu.
Candy jumped onto Ryou's shoulder and slapped him on the head to release the genjutsu.
Ryou woke up flushed with embarrassment and almost got into a fight with Candy.
"Candy, the clothes were already coming off! Who told you to release the genjutsu?"
Candy was speechless, and Konan stepped forward to give Ryou a knock on the head.
"Ryou, you are a member of the Uchiha Clan skilled in genjutsu, yet you were controlled by Jiraiya-sensei, who isn't even specialized in it."
"How embarrassing!"
Both sides were somewhat speechless.
Shisui was even more speechless because he was a Shinobi of the genjutsu style.
Jiraiya's Icha Icha Paradise sounded like an erotic genjutsu just by the name, and seeing how Jiraiya had been unable to stand straight earlier, the genjutsu Ryou used on him was clearly very pornographic as well.
Genjutsu is supposed to be a technique for high-IQ Shinobi, traditionally known for being high-end, elegant, and mysterious.
Yet Ryou and Jiraiya's current application of genjutsu directly lowered the class of the art by several grades.
This is truly misleading the younger generation!
Kakuzu roared, "Enough! Are we fighting a war or not? Is this how you young people fight wars nowadays?"
So much time had been wasted without starting the fight; they were either calling the other side back or releasing erotic Ninjutsu.
Kakuzu was a Shinobi from the Sengoku period; people from that era didn't talk if they didn't have to, they'd just cut you down if things didn't go their way.
The new generation of Shinobi really talk too much!
Jiraiya smiled apologetically at Kakuzu, "Sorry, Senior Kakuzu, we'll get serious now."
Ryou looked at Shisui: "Shisui, hand over the Seven-Tails, and I'll let you leave."
Shisui shook his head: "Impossible. Uchiha Madara's goal is the Nine Tailed Beasts; we will never let him obtain a single one."
Ryou smiled somewhat triumphantly: "No, Shisui, we've already obtained one."
Shisui was shocked for a moment: "Could it be—"
Ryou nodded: "I've just returned from the Sunagakure. The Kazekage has been killed, and the One-Tail Shukaku has already been captured by me."
"The Kazekage killed, and Shukaku captured?!"
Jiraiya and the others were startled.
Jiraiya's expression immediately turned grim as he said, "How despicable, to have already snatched Shukaku away!"
Ryou spread his hands: "Jiraiya, blame your Shinobi Allied Forces for being too sluggish. If you're going to act, act; if not, don't."
"Dilly-dallying and not being decisive at all. With vermin like you, what do you expect to use to defeat Uchiha Madara?"
"Tell me, with what?!"
"..."
Jiraiya and the others were left speechless because the Shinobi Allied Forces couldn't be formed in a single step.
After all, the Third Great Shinobi War had just ended, and the Shinobi villages still held deep grudges against each other.
The reason Ryou refused to go back with Jiraiya and Shisui was also because the Shinobi Allied Forces was too pathetic.
If they could show Ryou even a shred of hope of defeating Madara, he would have defected to them.
But there was none; the Shinobi Allied Forces was just a motley crew, incapable of achieving anything.
Take the matter of capturing the Tailed Beasts, for example.
If Madara got serious, he could capture all Nine Tailed Beasts in a single day.
With White Zetsu's top-tier intelligence capabilities and Madara's peerless combat power, tell me, what are you going to use to stop him?
The only reason Madara hadn't made a move was that he was busy repairing the Gedo Statue damaged by the Giant Tenseigan, or guarding against the threat of Toneri's parents on the moon.
The Shinobi Allied Forces only still exists thanks to Toneri's parents.
Kakuzu couldn't take it anymore: "What's with all the yapping? Just take him down!"
Kakuzu released the Wind and Fire masks from his body. The two mask monsters opened their mouths, and massive chakra condensed within them.
"Wind Release: Pressure Damage!"
"Fire Release: Intelligent Hard Work!"
Composite Ninjutsu: Strange Face Explosive Flame!
It was the same composite Ninjutsu as before; Kakuzu was old, but his personality still hadn't settled down.
Ryou and Jiraiya were in the middle of exchanging information, yet Kakuzu was the first to start the fight.
Nagato warned Ryou: "Watch out, this move will release a massive sea of fire!"
Ryou nodded: "I know!"
"Susanoo!"
The three tomoe in Ryou's Sharingan spun rapidly, and a black chakra giant emerged from the void, covering Nagato and Konan within it.
This was Ryou's Susanoo.
Shisui looked at Ryou's Susanoo in shock, then looked at Ryou's eyes within the Susanoo; they were still in the three tomoe form.
The three tomoe hadn't connected at all to form a pattern.
"It's actually true! Ryou-senpai can activate the Uchiha's Third Power with just three tomoe."
Earlier, Jiraiya had submitted a report of his battle with Ryou into Ryou's file, and Shisui, as a member of the Anbu, had gone to review it.
He was quite shocked to see that Ryou could activate Susanoo with just three tomoe.
Because Susanoo is the Third Power that can only be unlocked with the Mangekyo Sharingan, known as the Power of God.
It is said by all: once you see it with your own eyes, death is inevitable.
Shisui's eyes were also Mangekyo Sharingan, and he had also unlocked the Uchiha's Third Power.
But he had unlocked it after his eyes became Mangekyo; Ryou's eyes were still just conventional three tomoe.
No, not conventional; the dōjutsu power in his eyes was dozens of times greater than a conventional three tomoe.
Perhaps his eyes were evolving toward the direction of their ancestor, the god Indra.
Shisui somewhat regretted using Kotoamatsukami on the Seven-Tails just now.
According to Jiraiya's intelligence, Ryou was even stronger than the Seven-Tails.
If Kotoamatsukami had controlled him, their chances of defeating Madara would have increased significantly.
But there was no helping it; Shisui hadn't guessed that Konan would summon Ryou.
Furthermore, at that moment, the Seven-Tails' Biju Bomb was about to kill everyone present; Shisui didn't have much time to consider.
Should he use the remaining Kotoamatsukami to control Ryou?
Shisui thought to himself.
No, that won't do.
This was what Shisui had saved for Madara; moreover, Shisui had already exhausted all his chakra because he used Kotoamatsukami on the Seven-Tails.
Kakuzu's sea of fire came roaring in, but relying on the powerful defense of Susanoo, Kakuzu's flames couldn't harm Ryou inside in the slightest.
After the firestorm passed, Kakuzu looked expressionlessly at the black chakra giant standing in the distance.
Kakuzu was expressionless because his mask hid it, but his heart was already a mess.
"Uchiha Madara's Susanoo?!"
In the Sengoku period, Madara and Izuna were invincible across the world with their Mangekyo Sharingan; as someone who came out of the Sengoku period, it was impossible for Kakuzu not to know the power of the Mangekyo Sharingan.